Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Education: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, 1994, pp. 165-181
Description
Outlines motivations for bilingual instruction, curriculum, and difficulties involved in implementation, and argues that such a program will eventually lead to a hybrid language and culture.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-495E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which proposes establishment of an institutional framework to provide First Nations who decide to opt in with tools to address economic development and fiscal issues on-reserve. Includes provision for governments to establish their own financing through property tax and borrowing regimes.
Incorporates amendments to Bill C-23 that were adopted by the House of Commons at Report Stage.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Research Branch) ; LS-475E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tonina Simeone
Description
Opt-in legislation proposes Establishment of four financial institutions: First Nations Finance Authority, First Nations Tax Commission, First Nations Financial Management Board, and the First Nations Statistical Institute. Targets mechanisms aimed at enhancing fund-raising capacity through taxation of leasehold interests on reserve land and access to long-term loans for community development.
Report looks at increased financial costs associated with amendments to Bill S-3, which could potentially raise the number of Status Indians by 670,000.
Bill introduced to comply with Superior Court of Quebec's decision in Descheneaux c. Canada which found current Act violated equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Court case involved eligibility for Indian Status.ibc_bill_S-3.pdf
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 42-1-23-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norah Kielland
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Bill introduced to comply with Superior Court of Quebec's decision in Descheneaux c. Canada which found current Act violated equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Amendments were to address the cousin, siblings and omitted minors issues. Outlines the issue, the effect, the situation of the comparator group, and proposed remedy. Includes graphics to illustrate each scenario.
Addresses remedies for issues identified in Descheneaux.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop".
Duration: 1:19:21.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop". Edited version of the original.
Duration: 45:00.
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Health Reports, vol. 28, no. 11, November 2017, pp. 11-15
Description
Compares rates of preterm birth, small-for-gestational-age birth, large-for-gestational-age birth, stillbirth, and infant mortality (neonatal, postneonatal, and cause-specific) in cohort of 17,547 births to Indigenous mothers and 112,112 births to non-Indigenous mothers from 2004 through 2006.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 6, November/December 2004, pp. 22-23,27
Description
Describes a program undertaken in Port Augusta, South Australia that offers an integrated, culturally appropriate range of nutrition advice that includes community input.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Autumn, 1994, pp. 481-494
Description
Literary criticism article which examines Black Hawk: An Autobiography and argues that in addition to its value as a historical text, it should also be considered as an act of literary resistance against the narratives imposed on Indigenous peoples by mainstream society.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 1, Sovereignty in Indian Country, Fall, 2004
Description
Report on class from Blackfeet Community College winning top honours for the play, "The Trial of Major Baker," at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)conference, March 2004.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 117-135
Description
Argues that the Government of Canada has not learned from previous mistakes and its failure to change its behaviour has led to the ongoing trauma inflicted by residential schools and the high number of missing and murdered women.
Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
Robert W. Mitchell
pp. 303-314
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceeding, discussing justice reform, self-government in the context of inherent rights and facing the challenge of overlapping roles among the levels of government.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 2, Tribal College Research, Winter, 2004
Description
Exposes an incident where 200 people gave blood to aid research into their diabetes epidemic; the samples were also used to do research into Havasupai genes and schizophrenia, inbreeding, and the Bering Strait theory without their consent. The Havasupai people filed a lawsuit against the Arizona State University for intentional deception.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Special Issue on Teaching Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony, 2004, pp. 23-33
Description
Relates the historical source for Silko's information about the Bataan Death March and discusses some of the changes made in portraying the march. All this was done in an effort to aid the reader in understanding the forces that put the main character, Tayo, in need of the ceremony.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 253-300
Description
Argues that the occupation of Alcatraz Island started a process of Government repression of Indigenous activists that was without parallel in its virulence and lethal effects.
Website for an Indigenous non-profit educational institution that promotes a sense of pride in Indigenous heritage, traditional knowledge and practices.
Looks at results from the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Nations at Risk (INAR) Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education in 1992 regarding Native students in public schools and school reform.
Lesson plan for grades 5-6 discusses the experiences of Hopi children in the two types of educational institutions. Includes reminiscences of former students.
Northern Review, no. 45, Innovation in the Circumpolar North, June 2017, pp. 141-160
Description
Researchers interviewed female participants between the ages of 18 and 23 and found that all participants experienced BID as young adults. Participants provided suggestions for working with Indigenous Alaska females who suffer from BID.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, 2017, pp. 289-310
Description
Discusses failure of new protocols put in place to ensure safe drinking water on reserves and contrasts the response to the failure of water system in Walkerton, Ontario, which took place the same year.